Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze)
- Introduction
- Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (27 May 1913, Berlin – 1 September 1951, Paris), a German painter and photographer predominantly active in France. Though broadly unrecognized in his lifetime, he is considered a pioneer of lyrical abstraction, one of the most influential artists of the Tachisme movement. He is the author of a book on art theory entitled Aphorismes de Wols.
- Wikidata
- Q553952
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Illustrator, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
- Names
- Wols, Otto Alfred Wolfgang Schulze, Wolfgang Schulze Wols, Wolfgang Schulze, Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze), Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze
- Ulan
- 500007176
Exhibitions
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Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War
October 24, 2015–
April 3, 2016 MoMA
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Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities
July 30–
November 10, 2008 MoMA
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Making Choices
March 16–
September 26, 2000 MoMA
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Dubuffet to de Kooning: Expressionist Prints from Europe and America
October 29, 1998–
February 2, 1999 MoMA
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A Century of Artists Books
October 23, 1994–
January 24, 1995 MoMA
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) has 15 exhibitionsonline.
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Gouache #16 1940–41
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Stringed Instrument 1942
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Mollusks (Les Mollusques) 1944
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Frontispiece from the illustrated book Naturelles by René de Solier published c. 1946
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate 2 from the illustrated book Naturelles by René de Solier published c. 1946
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Painting 1946-47
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Visages 1948
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Portrait (frontispiece) from Visages 1948
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Visage I (plate, page 20) from Visages 1948
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Visage II (plate, page 29) from Visages 1948
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Visage III (plate, page 37) from Visages 1948
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) 1948, published 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate (page 7) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) 1948, published 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate (page 11) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) 1948, published 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate (page 19) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) 1948, published 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate (page 27) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) 1948, published 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate (page 33) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) 1948, published 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Nourritures 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Nude/Blossom from Nourritures 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) The City - Horizontal from Nourritures 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Large Spot I from Nourritures 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Figure (in-text plate, folio 16) from Poésie de mots inconnus 1949
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Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) Plate (page 94) from Feuilles éparses published 1965
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